Events

Worcester Writers' Circle
Sara is a member of Worcester Writers' Circle

Drawing from life - Sara's blog
In January 2010 Sara started her first blog, illustrated with life drawings from her sketchbooks. Combining image and text it loosely relates to studio life.

More recently Sara has become interested in haiku poems - a form of Japanese poetry using three lines, each of 5-7-5 syllables respectively.

This is an ongoing project and currently has had over 900 hits.  Please take a look at the blog if you have a minute. The link is listed under the Links tab: scroll down and you will find it at the very end.

Sara's creative writing

Jug monotypes by Sara Hayward at Foal Yard

Contemporary monochrome embossed prints of  jugs by Sara Hayward produced by hand on Somerset paper can now be seen at the Foal Yard Gallery, Bransford, near Worcester. These hand produced prints capture the profile of exquisite Worcester Porcelain jugs from the eighteenth and nineteenth century, and the black and white dots give the jugs a contemporary twist. Perfect for your kitchen or dining room.

Dylan Thomas Book Cover Success

 A portait of Dylan Thomas by Sara Hayward has been selected to be used for the book jacket entitled, "Dylan Thomas Vision et Prieres et autres poemes" (traduction et presentation d''Alain Suied) by Poesie Gallimard. The image was viewed on  the Bridgeman Art Library website.  

Hot Climate - Hot Colours

Pack a range of vibrant acrylics and a sunhat to paint brilliant Mediterranean landscapes, with Paul Powis

          The October 2009 edition of the Leisure Painter magazine and The Artist include an Art Courses & Holidays 2009/10 supplement featuring Paul Powis demonstrating how to paint the heat.

          In a step by step guide Paul inspires you to capture the heat of the moment whether in situ somewhere warm or back in the studio.

Cover illustration: Spanish landscape, by Paul Powis, acrylic on board, 23 x 33 in. (58.3 x 84cm).

Etchings at Worcester Porcelain Museum

Six new etchings by Sara Hayward are now on permanent display at Worcester Porcelain Museum. Inspired directly by the etchings of Rembrandt, the etchings depict dramatically lit pairs of old Worcester jugs. The etchings were produced using environmentally friendly etching techniques during Sara''s artist in residence funded by the Leverhulme Trust. If you are in the area please go and see them.

Leisure Painter magazine September 2009

A three page spread in the September 2009 edition of the Leisure Painter magazine shows Sara Hayward painting porcelain jugs. The feature is called "Spotlight on Porcelain" and with easy breakdown stages, inspires anyone to have a go at still life painting.

Dynamic art demonstrations

Paul Powis and Sara Hayward  give lively, fast painting demonstrations. They are keen to demonstrate  at your art society, gallery, or business. In a typical two hour demonstration watch mesmerised as they create two paintings before your very eyes. Subject areas included are:  composition, colour mixing, tone, light & shade, scumbling, stippling........contact them to book for 2010-2011-2012

John Lewis exhibition

The Place to Eat restaurant within John Lewis, Cribbs Causeway, near Bristol, is an important ongoing showcase of the work of Paul Powis and Sara Hayward. Linger over a coffee in this beautiful restaurant surrounded by over twenty lanscapes and seascapes by Paul and Sara. All comminssioned by the John Lewis inhouse interior design team a few years ago the paintings form part of their permanent collection. If you are in the area please go and see them.

Margate exhibition

Until October 2009 Paul Powis and Sara Hayward are showing seascapes at the Ingoldsby Gallery, Margate. If you are in the area please go along.

Two new painting DVDs

Two new DVDs will be released in the autumn of 2009:

 Adventures with acrylics - Paul Powis paints fast showing the painting process.  From landscape to lagoon.

 Adventures with acrylics - Sara Hayward paints fast showing the painting process. From seascape to still life. 

British Modern Masters 2008

Paintings by Paul Powis will be exhibited by UK Fine Art (Ledbury) at the British Modern Masters exhibitions at the following venues: February 23/24 Bath assembly Rooms, March 29/30 Oxford Town Hall, April 19/20 Kings School, Worcester, May 10/11 York Guild Hall, June TBA Affordable Art Fair, Birmingham, July 26/27 Stratford Civic Hall, August 16 Worcester Guild Hall, September 13/14 Cardiff City Hall, October 18/19 Council House Birmingham, November 15/16 Cheltenham Town Hall.

AUTOGRAPHIC IMPRESSIONS

An exhibition of images derived from an exploration of printmaking processes by Paul Powis & Sara Hayward. March 7th - 26th April 2008.

In 2006 Paul Powis and Sara Hayward were awarded a printmaking residency in Venice, supported by the Venice Cultural Department, at the Large Format Print Studio on the Fondamente Nuove. The experience stimulated a new departure for their work, which has evolved during 2007 to include new and traditional autographic processes.

Sara Hayward, who studied printmaking at the Royal College of Art, works as a fine artist as well as an illustrator. Sara has continued her printmaking work during her recent residency at Worcester Porcelain Museum, and she runs several printmaking workshops. Both she and Paul have lectured at colleges and universities. Paul Powis also works as a fine artist and illustrator and has recently become more involved in fine art publishing. He exhibits internationally with shows in Europe and the USA. Both Sara and Paul are represented by the illustration agency Eye Candy.

Their exhibition will take place in the Lower Canyon exhibition spaces at The Courtyard 10am - 11pm Monday to Saturday.
Entrance to exhibitions is free

SARA HAYWARD EXHIBITION - Worcester 08

An exhibition of paintings, prints (etchings & monotypes), digital work and video installation, created by Sara Hayward RCA. Creative work inspired by the 250 year old porcelain collection, all produced at the Museum during the duration of her 10 month Artist Residency at Worcester Porcelain Museum.   On view for the first time are  "The Worcester Etchings" a suite of six prints directly inspired by the still life etchings of seventeenth century Dutch Master Rembrandt Van Rijn. Using tewntieth century sustainable processes, saline copper sulphate on aluminium, the etchings use the same compositional format and intense cross hatching as used by Rembrandt. The exhibition seeks to encourage a debate about contemporary digital processes and older methodology.

"Storm In A Teacup", Worcester Porcelain Museum, Severn Street, Worcester. April 21st - June 22nd 2008. Open 7 days a week.
As listed in the Guide, Guardian Saturday newspaper.

Artist Newsletter Blog

You can visit the magazine website, Artist Newsletter, online and see a range of artist blogs. Log onto www.a-n.co.uk and visit Artist Unedited to view the blogs, including two by Sara Hayward about her residencies at University of  Worcester 2006-7 , and Worcester Porcelain Museum 2007-8.

SIGNS OF LIFE GALLERY, USA

REFLECTIONS - a collection of recent original paintings by Paul Powis and Sara Hayward is now showing at the Signs of Life Gallery, Lawrence, Kansas, USA. Contact Gallery Director, James Schaeffer via the website: www.signsoflifegallery.com for further details.

Artist in Residence

WORCESTER PORCELAIN MUSEUM ARTIST IN RESIDENCE 2007

Come and say hello to Sara Hayward working upstairs in the 20th Century Gallery at Worcester Porcelain Museum, every Monday and Tuesday throughout 2007. Sara will be producing art work based on the collection, in the form of drawings, paintings and prints (etchings, relief block prints and monotypes).

Storm In A Teacup - Worcester Porcelain Museum
"I was delighted to learn recently that I have been successful in an application to the Leverhulme Trust for a grant for the funding for an artist residency at Worcester Porcelain Museum during 2007. I intend to utilise my skills as a contemporary printmaker, setting up an etching press, and developing the relationship between drawing, painting and printmaking. I am hoping to draw inspiration from both the former workers of Royal Worcester and the extensive ceramics collection of the Worcester Porcelain Museum. The making of a video of the complete experience is also being planned. The residency will run for ten months with numerous workshops, and a final exhibition." Sara Hayward, January 2007.

Permanent Collections
A number of large paintings are on permanent display at John Lewis Partnership. Large landscape paintings by Paul Powis are at The Place To Eat Restaurant in John Lewis, Cribbs Causeway, Bristol, and both  landscape and seascape paintings by Paul and Sara are on permanent exhibition at The Place to Eat Restaurant in John Lewis, Touchwood, Solihull, West Midlands.

A further range of large landscape paintings by Paul Powis are on permanent exhibition at West Mercia Constabulary’s Headquarters  Hindlip Hall, near Worcester, UK.

A number of prints by Sara are in the permanent collection of Jesus College, Cambridge, and Worcester City Art Gallery, and her paintings are in the SPRINT art collection, Kansas, USA.
After a successful printmaking residency in Venice in the summer of 2006 Paul and Sara both have works in the permanent collection at Venice Printmaking Italy. Paul specialised in monotypes in Venice and Sara developed her etchings, woodcuts and monotypes.

Artist Open Studios
We are planning to organise and open our artist studios here in Worcester twice a year. On show will be a mixture of work in progress, and a selection of finished paintings, drawings and prints. This will be a regular event and an opportunity to see us in our studio environment.